Koforidua

Understand

Koforidua is a commercial center for the Eastern region and New-Juaben Municipal district. Koforidua had a settlement population of 127,000 people in 2012.

A two-going-two-coming highway road linking Adeiso, Koforidua, to Oyoko serves as an alternative route to reach Kumasi.

Get in

You can find your way into Koforidua via a couple of road routes, with the best of all being through Aburi if from Accra. Aside that, you can enter Koforidua from Accra via Suhum and Nkawkaw if from Kumasi or Accra and Nkruakan if from Akosombo. There is no airport or harbor in Koforidua.

Getting to Koforidua is about a 2-hour drive from the capital city, Accra. Koforidua is found in the New Juabeng Traditional Area with a paramount chief and many sub-chiefs. The main festival celebrated by the people of Koforidua is the Akwantukese festival which comes in place during the last quarter of the year.

Get around

Getting around in Koforidua is easier by way of vehicular transport, even though riding a bicycle or by foot is possible. Most car transport stations are near the Total 2 and 3 petrol-filling stations in the Central Business District.

See

A predominant natural feature in Koforidua is the Obuo Tabri Mountain , which is considered sacred but its scenery serves as tourist attraction There are waterfalls in the area such as Akaa Falls and Boti Falls. thumb|Boti Water Falls Umbrella Rock thumb|Umbrella Rock Fork-like palm tree Boti falls have 200 steps underground. Boti falls has a palmnut tree with three branches in one tree.

Buy

Art works and other design artifacts such as dresses are available locally.

There is a bead market opposite Jubilee Park at Galloway. It boasts a wide and interesting selection of beads and beaded jewellery. You can also have the jewellery custom made for you.

The biggest supermarket in Koforidua is Melcom. Even though fresh foods such as tomatoes and vegetables are not sold there, many electrical appliances and processed foods are available.

Right in the heart of Koforidua is the central market. One of the market days in Koforidua is Thursday. In the market, all food stuffs, cloth (materials), cosmetics and many other products are available for purchase. Aside the many street hawkers displaying their items in pans on their head or on tables, most traders are found under sheds in the market place selling all sorts of items worth selling.

Not many computer shops are available in Koforidua and most latest electronic gadgets might not be available as and when they arrive in Accra. The well-known computer shop in Koforidua is called I.C.L. (Ike Computer Limited) shop and the biggest phones shop is Ultimate Phones, near the Post Office.

There is one big manufacturing company called Intravenous Infusions Limited. They manufacture infusion drugs to supply Ghana and the West African sub-region.

Eat

Leesco (SIC building) Sophisticat (GNAT hall) Havilla (Oteng house) Chris Cafe (SSNIT Building) Bar 205 (Adweso) The Boamah's (Adweso Estate)

There are local foods such as fufu with light soup or palmnut soup with 'kokonte' and other bush meat.

Drink

African drinks such as palm wine and drinks such as minerals examples Fanta, malt, cocacola, with other fruit juice such coconut juice, mango juice.